Weekly Bulletin:Friday 14th February 2025
Headteacher’s message to parents/carers
Dear Parents/Carers,
At this half-way point through the academic year, I’ve been sharing just how proud I am of each and every one of our Team Tunbury children and Team Tunbury members of staff. Together, they make this a very special place to work and it’s so wonderful to see how much we achieve together.
This week, as always, it’s busy, exciting and lots of fun! In Year 5, we have today’s Poles Apart day, with children ready for a day of exploration inspired by their learning about Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic. Over the last week, we’ve also had Pirate Day in Year 2, Wild Weather day in Year 4 and every child making their own chocolate bar in Year 3. In Year 6, children who took part in this term’s Tiger Troop had their presentation afternoon on Wednesday too.
As well as this, we have had parent consultation evenings, so thank you for coming to these appointments to celebrate your child’s achievements so far this year. I heard nothing but positivity from our parents/carers throughout both evenings. Comments like “we’re going to see the best teacher in the world!”, “we’re so proud of how well she’s doing” or “we’ve got nothing but praise for his teacher” were commonplace from parents/carers. Also, teachers said things like “I had a lovely evening”, “we’ve got brilliant parents this year” or a short answer of “perfect!” when asked how it went. Thank you for helping us to build such positive relationships among our school community.
Have a lovely half term break everyone. Remember that Monday 24th February is an INSET day, so we look forward to seeing children back in school, ready to learn, on Tuesday 25th February.
Best wishes
Ruth Austin
Headteacher
Notices
World Book Day: We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 6th March. This year, we will be focusing on vocabulary. Therefore, we would like the children to dress up as a word of their choice e.g. vibrant, athletic, heroic, artistic, fragile, mythical, fatigued etc. The list is endless! You really don’t have to go out and buy anything extra. Please see some pictures attached for ideas. If your child already had a World Book Day costume in mind, then they could still dress as a character and choose a word associated with their chosen character. For example, Harry Potter could be associated with the words courageous and heroic. In our year groups, we will have a vocabulary parade of our words and our English Subject Ambassadors will be choosing a winner per year group so please be adventurous and creative with your word choices.
Tunbury School Council Kindness Award: This term, School Council have been promoting kindness throughout the school. All adults and children have been adding names to a kindness box and the names below show the people who have been caught showing kindness in lots of ways. Today, these people have also been awarded with a special Tunbury School Council kindness sticker as well as 5 team points.
Well done to all of these people. We look forward to giving out more kindness awards later in the school year. Remember – kindness is free, so sprinkle it everywhere! 
Flo and Georgie
Co-chairs School Council
After School Clubs: After School Clubs will not be running on the first week of Term 4, week beginning Monday 24th February.
Free School Meals and Pupil Premium: Currently, the local authority is providing Household Support Funding for families with children eligible for free school meals. For the February break families with children eligible for free school meals will receive a £10 voucher per child.
Could you apply for free school meals for your child? Did you know that the school receives extra funding called pupil premium for all children eligible for free school meals? We use pupil premium funding to improve the overall quality of education that we can offer in school, as well as providing additional resources and support. A benefit of Pupil Premium funding is that this can be used to pay for the cost of your child’s school trips, so you won’t be asked for parental contributions for these events.
To check if you are eligible for Free School Meals, please visit www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals#tab-1. To apply, please visit www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/kent/.
Weekly Class Attendance: This is a weekly feature on our bulletin to highlight and celebrate good levels of attendance. This week our KS1 winners were Red Class, with an outstanding 100% attendance. Amazing! Amber Class are our KS2 winners with a brilliant 98.72%. Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
|
Class |
Weekly Attendance Percentage |
|
Red |
✰100%✰ |
|
Yellow |
98.94% |
|
Amber |
✰98.72%✰ |
|
Azure |
98.41% |
|
Bears |
97.70% |
|
Magenta |
97.41% |
|
Emerald |
97.04% |
|
Lavender |
97.01% |
|
Ruby |
96.93% |
|
Violet |
96.83% |
|
Orange |
96.15% |
|
Blue |
95.83% |
|
Indigo |
95.79% |
|
Owls |
94.64% |
|
Pink |
94.24% |
|
Sapphire |
94.02% |
|
Lilac |
93.49% |
|
Crimson |
92.86% |
|
Turquoise |
92.59% |
|
Scarlet |
90.95% |
Team Points: The final outcome of the Term 3 Team Point Race is that Hawking are our winners! After a strong surge from Rowling, Hawking won the race with 5080 points and celebrated with their reward of extra time in the IT suite today. Congratulations!
|
Rowling |
Attenborough |
Holmes |
Hawking |
|
5025 |
4704 |
4867 |
5080 |
Dates for your Diary
Term dates for 2024/25: www.tunbury.kent.sch.uk/Parents/Term-Dates-24-25/
Term 3
Friday 14th February – Last day of term for pupils
Term 4
Monday 24th February – School closed for pupils– INSET Day
Monday 3rd to 7th March - Book Week
Monday 3rd March – Year R Open Afternoon for Book Week 2-3pm
Tuesday 4th March – Year 1/2 Open Afternoon for Book Week 2-3pm
Wednesday 5th March – Year 3/4 Open Afternoon for Book Week 2-3pm
Thursday 6th March – World Book Day, including dressing up
Friday 7th March – Year 5/6 Open Afternoon for Book Week 2-3pm
Friday 14th March – Year 1 visit to Kent Life, Victorian Day NEW
Friday 21st March – Red Nose Day
Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th March – TSA Gifts for Her
Thursday 3rd April – TSA Easter Disco
Tuesday 1st April – Year 3 visit to Wingham Wildlife Park New
Friday 4th April – Last day of term for pupils
Term 5
Tuesday 22nd April – Start of Term 5 for pupils
Monday 5th May – BANK HOLIDAY – School Closed
Monday 12th-Thursday 15th May – KS2 SATS Week - Year 6
22nd May – TSA Tunbury's Got Talent
Friday 23rd May – Outdoor Learning Day
Friday 23rd May – Last day of term for pupils
Term 6
Monday 2nd June – School closed for pupils– INSET Day
Tuesday 3rd June – Start of Term 6 for pupils
Tuesday 3rd -6th June – STEAM Week
Monday 9th June-13th June – Multiplication Times Tables Check Year 4
Monday 9th June-13th June – Phonics Screening – Year 1
Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th June – TSA Gifts for Him
Friday 27th June – Sports Day
Thursday 3rd July – TSA Summer Disco
Saturday 12th July – TSA GlasTUNBURY Summer Festival
Friday 18th July – TSA “Dare to be different day”
Friday 18th July – Year 6 prom
Tuesday 22nd July – Last day of term
Class assemblies
Class assemblies will be held in the school hall on Friday afternoons. Parents/carers and family members from each class are warmly invited to join us in school for these events, as our children love to share their learning with you. Please come to the front of the school and wait outside the hall entrance doors. You will be invited in just after 2.45pm. The assembly will begin at 2.50pm and last for about 10 minutes, finishing in time for you to collect your children at the end of the school day, as normal.
Friday 14th February Crimson Class Assembly
Friday 28th February Lavender Class Assembly
Friday 14th March Indigo Class Assembly
Friday 21st March Ruby Class Assembly
Friday 28th March Azure Class Assembly
Friday 25th April Pink Class Assembly
Friday 2nd May Red Class Assembly
Friday 9th May Yellow Class Assembly
Friday 23rd May Blue Class Assembly
Friday 13th June Sapphire Class Assembly
Friday 20th June Owls Class Assembly
Friday 4th July Bears Class Assembly
